The force of Javier Baez’s first two swings in the sixth inning Saturday nearly spun him into a hole in the batter’s box.

But Baez’s next swing seemed more compact, simply because he made contact and drove the ball to right field for a two-run double that vaulted the Cubs to a 5-3 win over the Marlins.

“He can keep the big swing,” manager Joe Maddon said. “That doesn’t bother me at all. It’s about what he’s trying to do with the big swing.”

Maddon hopes the double will encourage Baez to be more willing to hit to the opposite field instead of trying to pull every pitch and missing, as he did on his first two swings against reliever Nick Wittgren.

“I bet he’s got as much power to that (right field) side as he has on his pull side,” Maddon said. “I’d almost say has he learns to do this better, he’s going to hit more home runs to the right center field side because there’s more of that available to him from what the pitchers try to do to him.

“That’s a maturation process. That doesn’t happen overnight, and you have to be patient.”

Baez is 8-for-23 during a six-game hitting streak, and Maddon said Baez’s ceiling as a hitter remains high because of the potential to improve by hitting to all fields.

“When you’re filling out the hypothetical scouting form, you can really project on the hitting because that’s the part that’s really going to turn him into a superstar,” Maddon said.

Baez said the Marlins have been giving him a dose of inside fastballs and outside sliders.

“I’ve been choosing either one,” Baez said. “This series has been paying off pretty (well).”

Baez intimated the Cubs’ slow start forced the hitters into trying to do too much.

“We tried to do anything to help the team, and not having a leadoff guy right now is kind of tough,” Baez said. “Everyone is here ready to lead off and get on base for the (other) hitters.”